The Pass

...So………… How is the album? I’ve got three words for you: Eff You In!

For those not able to follow along, FUN!!!! Like, super fun! Like really super fun — there, three words again, jeez!! Electro-pop shake your booty good times. I know what you are thinking, “electropop” & “dance”, really T? Does it have the legs to stand the test of time? Who cares! Just turn it on, turn it up, shake your ass, maybe grind up a smidgen to the unfortunate soul standing nearest you. - TSURURADIO

Regarding The Pass show at The Satellite last night: Just want to quickly chime-in that The Pass totally delivered the goods last night. I’m hesitant to use the “x for smart people” crutch, so let me only say that theirs was dance music I did not have to dance to. I was fully engaged and lost in my own thoughts, which is more than what you can really ask for from a rag-tag underdog indie dance squad visiting from Kentucky. Highly professional. - Classical Geek Theater

Like fellow 2010 newcomers The Naked and Famous, The Pass are a candy-shelled dance group mining the vein of feel good, guitar-tempered electronic music; and like The Naked and Famous, they seem to know what they’re doing. The Kentucky quartet probably don’t have the most original sound, but that’s probably the worst thing that can be said about them. “Trap Of Mirrors” is a scruffy synthpop gem that fuses the punch-in-the-face catchiness of Two Door Cinema Club with the crystalline dance jams Passion Pit. The result is a sticky sweet, quietly danceable, aggravatingly replayable track.
With a cathartic bass line and escapist lyrics that want you to drop everything and come along for the ride, there is natural pop sensibility on display here. The song is so melodically resonant that it’s almost too easy to disregard the lyrics. The shape-shifting drumming keeps you hooked, but even better is the song’s chorus; it acts as a reset button, and lets the initial rush hit you all over again. - One Thirty BPM

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Like Two Door Cinema Club’s Tourist History, Burst is one of those records that never stops grooving, completely dedicated to riveting bass-lines and synth heavy arrangements. At first listen, The Pass sound like Phoenix meets Passion Pit if they were both messed up on acid: a louder, messier rock band whose infrastructure depends on electro pop. The more you listen though, the more apparent it became that The Pass are spectacularly unique. They’re too heavy to fit into the disco pop genre with Hercules & Love Affair, too rowdy to be placed with Phoenix.


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Their first single, the dance contagious “Vultures”, sounds like its already been remixed by Aeroplane; melodic guitar plucks, synth overtones, and an overly buoyant aura. The squeaky clean “Out Of Hand” displays electro funk at its finest while “Vinyl” sounds as titanic as Dom’s “Living in America”. Mixer Alex Aldi, who’s worked with Passion Pit and Tokyo Police Club, alleviates Burst until it sounds utterly crisp and sensuous, particularly “Rochelle”, a song equally seductive to Chromeo’s “Don’t Turn The Lights Off”.

FULL ALBUM STREAM OF 'BURST': http://soundcloud.com/the-pass/sets/burst

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If we could go back and re-do it, we would have listed The Pass among the 50 break-through bands of 2010. The Louisville, Kentucky indie rock band have been stirring things up, by their packed live shows, blogger love and a growing fan base. - indie rock cafe

Louisville and dance-punk are well-acquainted, thanks to natives VHS or Beta and LCD Soundsystem mastermind James Murphy, who has produced some local bands. There's no parking on the dance floor, and The Pass' debut EP will do much to ensure that dance-punk continues to thrive here. These five songs teem with bouncing beats and bass, funky keyboard and guitar parts and Kyle Peters' Franz Ferdinand-inspired vocals. The Pass infuses electronics into a traditional guitar-bass-drums- rock band setup and mostly refrains from over doing the beeps-boops-bops. "Crosswalk Stereo" is unrestrained fun with the potential to become a summer anthem. Try dancing to it. - Velocity

On Saturday night, I was witness to one of the bests local shows in recent memory. Three of my favorite local bands under one roof (and for charity)! Dude Plays Saxophone started off the night and You’re My Density followed up, both with great sets to a packed house at the Zanzabar . The Pass was the last band on the bill and blew the crowd away. I knew their set was something special simply by looking at the dance floor. Initially only a few people braved the area in front of the stage, but with each song the dance floor lost its space. By the final song, everyone was shoulder-to-shoulder going nuts. I had heard their EP, Colors, and enjoyed it thoroughly. They are not your average dance rock band. While many bands attempting the same sound fall victim to relying on one catchy song and ignorable lyrics, The Pass have a early catalog of songs that each can stand on their own. I saw them play on the rooftop of Glassworks, but this was something different, something more. I have a feeling that in a year or two, I’ll look back at this show and be thankful that I got to witness them “way back when.” They recently signed with SonaBlast Records and should have new material out next year. Put it on the board, The Pass will make waves in 2010. - www.backseatsandbar.com

Hailing from Louisville, KY and sounding like the spot where Phoenix and Starfucker go to have their babies, The Pass are making us dance with their mad catchy quasi-single “Crosswalk Stereo”. Said single appears on the Pass’ self-made debut EP, Colors, which is supposed to be out later this month.

The Pass are currently working on their debut full-length release, which will be mixed by Alex Aldi. You have heard of some of his most recent clients: Tokyo Police Club, Passion Pit, Harlem Shakes (RIP ), and the Walkmen. Both the EP and the LP will be released by Louisville indie record label SonaBLAST! Records. You can download the first single, “Crosswalk Stereo” for free below. Mark my words when I say these guys are the next, next, next big thing. - Pretty Much Amazing blog